This article is about the 1980s DC Graphic Novel line. For other DC graphic novel imprints, see DC Graphic Novels for Kids and DC Graphic Novels for Young Adults.
DC Graphic Novel
Cover of DC Graphic Novel #1 featuring the Star Raiders (1983), art by Stephen Hickman.
Publication information
Publisher
DC Comics
Format
Anthology
Genre
Science fiction Superhero
Publication date
List
DC Graphic Novel: 1983–1986 DC Science Fiction Graphic Novel: 1985–1987
No. of issues
List
DC Graphic Novel: 7 DC Science Fiction Graphic Novel: 7
Main character(s)
List
Star Raiders Warlords The Hunger Dogs
Creative team
Written by
List
DC Graphic Novel Ernie Colón Arthur Byron Cover Jack Kirby Elliot S! Maggin Pat Mills Greg Potter Steve Skeates DC Science Fiction Graphic Novel Cary Bates Robert Bloch Ray Bradbury Harlan Ellison Robert Loren Fleming Klaus Janson Paul Kupperberg George R. R. Martin Neal McPheeters Doug Moench Larry Niven Victoria Petersen Frederik Pohl Robert Silverberg
Artist(s)
List
DC Graphic Novel Ernie Colón José Luis García-López Alex Niño Kevin O'Neill Ron Randall David Wenzel DC Science Fiction Graphic Novel Jan Duursema Klaus Janson Neal McPheeters Marshall Rogers
Penciller(s)
List
DC Graphic Novel Jack Kirby DC Science Fiction Graphic Novel Pat Broderick Gene Colan Keith Giffen
Inker(s)
List
DC Graphic Novel D. Bruce Berry Mike Royer Greg Theakston DC Science Fiction Graphic Novel Neal McPheeters Greg Theakston Bill Wray
Editor(s)
List
DC Graphic Novel Ernie Colón Andy Helfer Dave Manak Joe Orlando Janice Race Julius Schwartz
DC Science Fiction Graphic Novel Julius Schwartz
DC Graphic Novel is a line of graphic novel trade paperbacks published from 1983 to 1986 by DC Comics.[1]
The series generally featured stand-alone stories featuring new characters and concepts with one notable exception. The Hunger Dogs was intended by Jack Kirby and DC to serve as the end to the entire Fourth World saga.[2] The project was mired in controversy over Kirby's insistence that the series should end with the deaths of the New Gods, which clashed with DC's demands that the characters could not be killed off.
As a result, production of the graphic novel suffered many delays and revisions. Pages and storyline elements from the unpublished "On the Road to Armagetto" were revised and incorporated into the graphic novel. Then, DC ordered the entire plot restructured which resulted in many pages of the story being rearranged out of Kirby's intended reading order.[3][4]
From 1985 to 1987, DC also published a second, related line called DC Science Fiction Graphic Novel.[5] Rather than being original stories, the graphic novels of this line were instead adaptations of works published by well-known authors of science fiction. These were edited by Julius Schwartz,[6] making use of his connections to recruit the famous authors whose works were adapted. This was the last editorial work Schwartz did before retiring.[7]
These two series were DC's counterparts to Marvel Comics' Marvel Graphic Novel line.
^DC Graphic Novel at the Grand Comics Database
^Evanier, Mark (2008). Kirby: King of Comics. New York, New York: Abrams Books. p. 200. ISBN 978-0810994478.
^Evanier, Mark (February 23, 2001). "Miracle Man". News From ME. Archived from the original on July 2, 2014.
^Evanier, Mark (September 16, 2006). "Ever the Source". News From ME. Archived from the original on July 2, 2014.
^Science Fiction Graphic Novel at the Grand Comics Database
^Daniels, Les (1995). "A Novel Approach: Comics With a Touch of Class". DC Comics: Sixty Years of the World's Favorite Comic Book Heroes. New York, New York: Bulfinch Press. p. 208. ISBN 0821220764. To extend the line and to justify the higher price and classier format, DC turned to science fiction expert Julius Schwartz, who edited a group of graphic novels based on works by top authors in the field.
^Julius Schwartz (editor) at the Grand Comics Database
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